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                                    a long, usu. slender piece of wood; a stick - a) a twig or small branch broken off or cut off, esp. a dead and dry one; b) a long, slender, and usu. tapering piece of wood shaped for a specific purpose, 2) any writing instrument, as pen, pencil, slate pencil, etc.
                                    
                                
                             
                            
                        
                            
                            
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                                    a ball or a cone of thread put into the weavers shuttle.
                                    
                                
                             
                            
                        
                            
                            
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                                    a splint, waxed cord, etc. tipped with ignitable chemicals that catches fire when rubbed on a specially prepared surface; a match stick.
                                    
                                
                             
                            
                        
                            
                            
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                                    (fig.) a very thin person.
                                    
                                
                             
                            
                        
                            
                            
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                                    (fig.) any worthless thing.
                                    
                                
                             
                            
                        
                            
                            
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                                    ಕಡ್ಡಿ ಕಂಡೇರಾಯ kaḍḍi kaṇḍērāya a very thin man; ಕಡ್ಡಿಗೆಣಿಸು kaḍḍigeṇisu = ಕಡ್ಡಿಗೆ ಬಗೆ; ಕಡ್ಡಿಗೆ ಬಗೆ kaddige bage to (unduly) regard (something) as worthless; ಕಡ್ಡಿ ಚಿಂತಾಮಣಿ ಶಕುನ kaḍḍi cintāmaṇi śakuna a method of foretelling future events by opening a page in a book of predictions, by inserting a splinter and reading whatever written therein; ಕಡ್ಡಿಮುರಿ kaḍḍi muri (dial.) (fig.) “to formally separate oneself from one's spouse; to severe one's marital relation with; to divorce;” ಕಡ್ಡಿತುಂಡಾಗಿ ನುಡಿ kaḍḍitundāgi nuḍi = ಕಡ್ಡಿಮುರಿದ ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾತಾಡು; ಕಡ್ಡಿಮುರಿದ ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾತಾಡು kaḍḍi murida hāge mātāḍu to speak frankly, honestly and free from prejudice; ಕಡ್ಡಿ ಪೈಲ್ವಾನ kaḍḍi pailvāna (fig.) a very thin, emaciated man; ಕಡ್ಡಿ ಮುರಿದು ಕೈಗೆ ಕೊಡು kaḍḍi muridu kaige kodu = ಕಡ್ಡಿಮುರಿದ ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾತಾಡು; ಕಡ್ಡಿ ಮುರಿದು ಹೇಳು kaḍḍi muridu hēḷu = ಕಡ್ಡಿಮುರಿದ ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾತಾಡು; ಕಡ್ಡಿಯನ್ನು ಎರಡು ತುಂಡು ಮಾಡಿದ ಹಾಗೆ kaḍḍiyannu eraḍu tuṇḍu māḍida hāge (simile) strict, severe and straight-forward in talking; ಕಡ್ಡಿಯನ್ನು ಗುಡ್ಡ ಮಾಡು kaḍḍiyannu guḍḍa māḍu to magnify (something) unreasonably; to exaggerate the severity of a problem disproportionately; ಈ ಕಡ್ಡಿ ತೆಗೆದು ಆ ಕಡೆಯಿಡದಿರು ī kaḍḍiyannu tegedu ā kaḍeyiḍadiru (fig.) to be very lazy; ಹತ್ತು ಜನರ ಹುಲ್ಲು ಕಡ್ಡಿ ಒಬ್ಬನ ತಲೆಹೊರೆ hattu janara hullu kaḍḍi obbana tale hore several small things may become a big buden.